Middle East Review

Geography

Culture

Economy

Misc

100

Fertile Cresent

region is often referred to as “the cradle of civilization”. It includes the river valleys of the Nile and of the Tigris and Euphrates. The land there was fertile, or good for growing crops, and building civilizations.

100

Dietary Restrictions

Pork all the time & alcohol in public

100

Dominate economic resource

Petroleum

100

Most Religious and Historical Site in Middle East

Mecca

200

Rub' al Khali

"Empty quarter" is the world's largest contiguous sand desert, stretching across Saudi Arabia, Oman, the UAE, and Yemen.

200

Dominate Ethnic group

Arab

200

scarce resource in middle east

water

200

What economic resource is threatened by constant turmoil

Tourism

300

Zagros Mountains

Iran and Iraq and impact rainfall patterns.

300

Hijab

Female Head dress that sometimes covers the eyes

300

Major economic resource in Turkey

Textiles

300

Richest Family in the Middle East

Saudi's

400

Taurus Mountains

in Turkey are a significant water source for the Tigris and Euphrates.

400

Law of the Qur'an

Sharia Law

400

Major agricultural resource from Afghanistan 80% of global supply

opium

400

Site of Religious and Ethnic Turmoil and between who?

Isreal (Israelis and Palestinians)

500

Dead Sea

A hypersaline lake, it is Earth's lowest land elevation at 430 meters below sea level.

500

Dominate architectural shape

Dome

500